katabolism
noun
a variant spelling of catabolism
katabolic
-
a word derived from
katabolism.
Example Sentences
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These chemical changes are of various kinds, but the great source of heat is the katabolic process, known as oxidation.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
At seven years old and thence onward to fourteen, a male, and katabolic, phase sets in.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
Anabolic: the constructive change from food material to animal tissue: see katabolic.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
In the male metabolism is much more rapid than in the female; hence the male organism is said to be more katabolic.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
It is also supposed that the metabolic changes consist of two phases, the upward, constructive, or anabolic phase, and the downward, destructive, or katabolic phase.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
